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©2004 Jim Schmincke

In December of 1998 I became a full-time employee of Rutgers University Computing Services on the Camden campus.  My official title is Systems Programmer/Administrator, but I can assure you that I program my VCR more often than I "program" any of the systems here at Rutgers-Camden. Most of my work is the computer equivalent of spinning a lot of plates on the tops of poles, you know the trick I'm referring to. Although I have pounded out some means chunks of Perl and PHP code from time to time.

The major part of my job is that of Systems Administrator.  That means that I install operating systems, new and upgraded hardware & software, and keep the Unix-y type (Tru64, Linux, Solaris, Irix) labs up and running. I also help run various services for the campus, like DHCP, web service, and Majordomo mailing lists.  But enough about me. 

During the Spring 2000 and 2001 semesters, I taught a course called "Web Technology"...

About Web Technology...
Web Technology was an attempt to blend (some say compress or crush) together a wide variety of topics that range from basic HTML authoring to Web-based database applications with PHP. Most courses are developed and remain fairly consistent from semester to semester. As I discovered teaching this course, the topics one can cover with a term like "Web Technology" are constantly evolving and what was relevant one year may be ancient history the next. I don't teach anymore. Twice was enough to be certain that I didn't much care for it. If you'd like to see what the course covered during the Spring 2001 semester, you can see it here.